Thursday, January 12, 2012

Bacterial Transformation

Bacterial transformation occurs when the bacteria accepts foreign viral DNA and makes it into its own DNA.

Bacterial transduction on the other hand occurs when a virus injects its DNA into a bacterium and then the DNA gets extracted into the host's DNA and then the host uses the DNA and helps reproduce virus, leading to the bacterium bursting and then the new young viruses infect other surrounding bacterium. Viruses cannot survive without nearby hosts to reproduce with.

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